It’s Lois Lane vs Lex Luthor for Superman’s freedom in DC’s latest comics

Bad guys know that Superman is there to ruin them. This was evident from the first ever superhero tale. Sometimes you don’t even have to go after her! She’ll get in your business all on her own. Lois Lane, if Superman is your target, is less well-known. You can also see it hereYou can’t afford to be wrong.

That was true of the multiple-Pulitzer-Prize-winning investigative reporter when Superman was a guy she reported on, a crush she had, her fiancé, and her husband. Superman, however, is now her. SonThis might mean that it could be the hardest time in continuity following the Man of Steel.

Were there other things happening within the pages of comics we love? We’ll tell you. Welcome to Monday Funnies, Polygon’s weekly list of the books that our comics editor enjoyed this past week. It’s part society pages of superhero lives, part reading recommendations, part “look at this cool art.” There may be some spoilers. It may not provide enough context. However, there will be many great comics. This is the latest edition.

Image Credit: Tom Taylor, Cian Tomey/DC Comics

It’s hard to imagine a non-superhero character in comics who is more famous than Lois Lane, and she’s run the gamut of superhero girlfriend trends. From plucky Girl Friday, pining damsel, marriage-obsessed instigator, and hard-as-nails reporter who still can’t spell to save her life, Lois has been them all. I think when we talk about what it means for Superman to be a dad, I’ve forgotten to think about what it means for Lois to be a mom.

And whatever it means, I’m enjoying how Tom Taylor and his artist collaborators are capturing it in Superman is the son of Kal-El.

Image: Brenden Fletcher, Erica Henderson/Image Comics

Image Comics celebrates the company’s 30th anniversary this year, and the commemorative anthology kicked off this week. There’s a lot of great talent telling multi-part stories through this 12-issue series, but you know what I’m here for: more Erica Henderson art!

Image: Brian Michael Bendis, David F. Walker, Jamal Campbell/DC Comics

Speaking of stunning art Naomi, Season Two isn’t lighting me on fire the way the first one did, but I can’t complain when Jamal Campbell is still producing work like this.